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14) Chord Progressions (part I)

[Post #14] This is the first post on chord progressions with 3 or more chords, that are the most used chord progression in music. There are several ways to classify this sequences (strong, modal etc.), I think that this could make confusion in this blog, as this post it not for professional composers. This is the reason why I prefer to make a list of them.

Please keep in mind followings:

it is impossible to make a complete list, even if I make dozen of examples some progressions will always miss;

for each chords you can add seventh, fourth, ninth etc. Sometimes I also make such examples but the choice depends only on you;

The chord are written with Roman numerals. That means that in C major instead of C-D-E-F-G-A-B I write I-II-III-IV-V-VI-VII. If the chord is minor it will be followed by a small m (someone writes the Roman numerals with small letters).

12) Progression Vm - IVm - Im
Similar to the one before but the second chord is a minor one. This is not a progression Im - VIIm - IVm because we play now in A minor. For this reason A is our first scale degree.

This is my piano recording that shows you this progression:

13) Progression IV - I - V
Here two different examples.

These are two piano recordings that show you this progression:

14) Progression I - IV - V - I 15) Progression I - V - IV - I
The difference between these progressions is the order of the second and third chord. In my audio file I play the sequence I - IV - V - I first. The final loop shows you the sequence I - V - IV - I.

This is my piano recording that shows you this progression:

16) Progression I - IV - V

This is my piano recording that shows you this progression:

17) Progression IV - V - I
As the two before, this progression is used very often. At the moment the lest one that used it (that I remember) is James Morrison in the chorus of "I Won't Let You Go".

This is my piano recording that shows you this progression:

Generally keep in mind that you can always make a chord progression choosing your order of I, IV and V scale degree chord. Other examples are:

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